A couple weeks ago I purchased Batman: Arkham Asylum on Steam because they were practically giving it away (Great game). I was surprised when I was prompted to login to Microsoft Live after installation; For some reason I assumed Steam games wouldn’t support that. I was even more surprised that the Windows Live features and UI were unobtrusive and actually added to the enjoyment of playing.

Periodically throughout the game, I’d get a cute pop-up notification in the corner saying I’d earned another Live achievement. Funny how that makes you feel like you’re accomplishing something. Naturally, those awards appear on the Xbox 360 and anywhere else that shows your Live achievements.

Games for Windows live is actually a really nice implementation and it’s great to get Live achievements on PC. Here’s hoping more upcoming games support it.

By the way, I just discovered that you can get a free collection of classic arcade games called Game Room via GFWL.

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